Fire Dept. creates Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Bureau.
On Nov. 22, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti, the City Council and the LAFD announced the department’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Bureau, to be led by Deputy Chief Stephen Gutierrez, the LAFD’s first Equity Officer...
LAFD promotes 28 into leadership ranks.
On Dec. 1, 28 LAFD Firefighters were promoted into positions of leadership...
Kristine Larson becomes highest-ranking African-American female in dept. history.
Battalion Chief Kristine Larson has been promoted to Assistant Chief, LAFD. She is the highest-ranking African-American female in the history of the department...
Hogan: Firefighter of the Year
LAFD Chief Deputy Armando Hogan was named Firefighter of the Year (2021) by the LA City Firefighters Association (LAFFA). Friends, family and co-workers attended the event, held...
LAFD hosts annual Girls Camp to introduce fire careers to girls.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the LAFD resumed its annual Girls Camp to introduce fire skills to high-school-aged young women and encourage their interest in becoming Firefighters. It was the department’s ninth Girls Camp...
LAFD promotes 25 sworn and civilian staff members.
On Aug. 24, the LAFD honored 25 sworn and civilian personnel who completed the process of promoting in rank or status within the department...
LA has North America’s first all-electric fire engine.
You’ve read that LA has North America’s first all-electric fire engine. (Awesome!) Now read about how it happened.
Battalion Chief calls it a career.
On Sept. 3, LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley attended an impromptu goodbye gathering for Battalion Chief Karen Richter...
St. Baldrick’s fundraiser is back!
The St. Baldrick’s head-shave event – a fundraiser managed by members of the LAPD and LAFD – returns for its second year in person after a pandemic hiatus...
Safety agencies host local celebration of National Dispatchers Week.
The LAPD and LAFD celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week – popularly known as National Dispatchers Week – April 14-20, honoring their dispatchers with ceremonies and honors...
